RO-E

herdsman, shepherd (title on a label)

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Reading
rōʿē
Confidence
Speculative
Root
*rVʕVy- 1, *rāʕ- 2 ‘pasture, guard livestock, herd, graze…’
Kind
Personnel
Language
Semitic
Rank
—

Compared forms

  • Hebrewrōʿehrōʿeh ‘shepherd’
  • Ugaritic𐎗𐎓𐎊rʿyrʿy ‘shepherd’, in ration lists: rʿym tlt ddm ‘shepherds: three cauldronsful (of flour)’ (DULAT 716)

Attestations1 cited

  1. PH 24RO-Eherdsman, shepherd (title on a label)

Commentary

PH 24, an MM II label, RO-E the only group, whole and undotted (GORILA I 310–311). rō-ʿē, the qōtēl participle as in RO-KE rōqēaḥ, ʿ unwritten: Heb. rōʿeh, Ug. rʿy ‘shepherd’ (DULAT 716). Rival: rōʾē ‘seer’ (PS *rVʾVy-). One witness. See RA-O-DI-KI.

On the 3D inscriptions

Not written on any of the 82 inscriptions modelled so far.

Linear A Lexicon